(1) A record shall be kept of every burial in the cemetery of a cemetery company, showing the date of burial and the name of the person buried, together with lot, plot, and space in which the burial was made. All financial records of the cemetery company shall be available at its principal place of business in this state and shall be readily available at all reasonable times for examination by the department.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the licensing authority may, upon request, authorize a cemetery company to maintain its financial records at a location other than its principal place of business and may, if necessary, require the company to make its books, accounts, records, and documents available at a reasonable and convenient location in this state.
(3) The licensing authority may prescribe by rule the minimum information to be shown in the books, accounts, records, and documents of a cemetery company to enable the department to determine the company’s compliance with this chapter, and may prescribe financial statements that shall be prepared annually by licensed cemetery companies.
History.—s. 9, ch. 59-363; s. 4, ch. 65-288; ss. 12, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 15, 39, 40, ch. 80-238; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 1, ch. 89-8; ss. 69, 122, ch. 93-399; s. 58, ch. 2004-301.
Note.—Former s. 559.38; s. 497.035; s. 497.309.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations
Chapter 497 - Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services
Part II - Cemetery Regulation (Ss. 497.260-497.287)
497.260 - Cemeteries; exemption; investigation and mediation.
497.261 - Existing companies, effect of this chapter.
497.262 - Duty of care and maintenance of licensed cemetery.
497.263 - Cemetery companies; license required; licensure requirements and procedures.
497.264 - License not assignable or transferable.
497.265 - Annual license fees.
497.266 - Care and maintenance trust fund; remedy of department for noncompliance.
497.2675 - Withdrawal methods from the care and maintenance trust fund.
497.268 - Care and maintenance trust fund, percentage of payments for burial rights to be deposited.
497.269 - Care and maintenance trust fund; financial reports.
497.270 - Minimum acreage; sale or disposition of cemetery lands.
497.273 - Cemetery companies; authorized functions.
497.274 - Standards for grave spaces.
497.2765 - Recording purchase of burial rights.
497.278 - Monuments; installation fees.
497.280 - Illegal tying arrangements.
497.281 - Licensure of brokers of burial rights.
497.282 - Disclosure of information to public.
497.283 - Prohibition on sale of personal property or services.
497.284 - Abandoned cemeteries; immunity; actions.